SAN DIEGO (AP) The military is accepting openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation's history, even as it tries in the courts to slow the movement to abolish its "don't ask, don't tell" policy.At least two service members discharged for being g

According to a military.com report, Army Spc. Tyler Ellingboe recently noted on his Facebook page that he won't be home for Christmas."I will not be taking leave and will not be leaving Alaska," he wrote. "Short on money and I have too much on my plate ri

PHOENIX Republican lawmakers in 15 states Tuesday announced a nationwide effort to change the way the 14th Amendment is interpreted and stop granting citizenship to babies born in the USA to illegal immigrants.A national coalition called State Legislator

NASHVILLE The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and FBI are looking into whether former state Revenue Commissioner Reagan Farr mishandled several sales-tax collection investigations, officials confirm.Among the cases under examination, officials said, is

Democratic activists are readying a deadly "Google bomb" to sully the online reputation of Republican Congressional candidates. The Internet-based "Manhattan project" is led by none other than Daily Kos campaign director Chris Bowers, who has reportedly o

If there was any doubt before, the United States government on Monday wanted to make one thing clear. Islam is a religion. The pronouncement, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice in a Rutherford County court, was in response to a lawsuit filed by cr